thermocoagulation

American  

[thur-moh-koh-ag-yuh-lay-shuhn] / ˌθɜr moʊ koʊˌæg jəˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

Surgery.

1. the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.

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Etymology

Origin of thermocoagulation

1920–25; thermo- + coagulation ( def. )

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